ECCS

Emergency & Critical Care Society

The Emergency and Critical Care Society (ECCS) is an interactive SCAVMA
organization for students interested in the growing field of small animal
emergency medicine and intensive care. A key feature of this club is the
opportunity for members to gain exposure and experience to emergency and
critical cases through a required monthly shift in the veterinary college's
small animal intensive care unit.

Students are able to assist with restraint,
treatments, and monitoring of patients; at the same time, they learn about
these patients' disease conditions and progress through interaction with
clinicians, technicians, and senior students.

"Wet labs" geared to instructing members on a variety of
emergency procedures such as CPR and chest tube placement are being planned as
well. We're very fortunate in that we are part of a national student
organization of ECCS, so our members receive a biannual newsletter
highlighting the goings-on of other colleges' programs, as well as information
on accessing emergency medicine topics on the veterinary information network (VIN).
The benefits of ECCS are many, and the topics the club addresses are vital to
the knowledge base of any veterinarian.